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PATENT oFFicE WALLACE IH. IBRACKJEN, OlF RYE, NEW YORKV LUGGAGE TRAY Application :filed January 7, 1931. Serial No. 507,174.

lli/[y invention relates to improvements in clothes holding trays for hand luggage such as suit cases and it is my object to give such hand luggage the advantages of wardrobe trunks so far as carrying suits of clothes is concerned, in a light, simple and inexpensive manner.

ln the drawing Fig. 1 is a perspective View of my improved tray; Fig. 2 a top View of the tray with the iap partly broken away; lig. 3 a detail, sectional view of the structure of F ig. 2 on the line 3*-3 thereof; Fig. 4 a detail view of the structure of Fig. 3 on the line 4-4 thereof; and Fig. 5 a detail, fraginentary view of the coat hanger used in my tray.

rlhe tray proper comprises a bottom 1, a back 2 and ends 3 and 4, but no front. A flap 5 is secured to the back byy a flexibley strip a 6 which strip and iap have an opening 7 therein. lThe main portion of the Hap 5 does not extend to the ends of the tray but the ends are stepped at 8 and 9 as shown in Fig. l.

Directly under the opening 7 a post 10 is secured to the bottomof the tray. This post is squared and has a shoulder 11 intermediate its length and preferably terminates at its upper end in a pyramid asfshown.

llhe coat hangers 12 and 13 are each provided with a metal clip 14 which is provided with a squared hole 15 to engage the post 10,

the hole in the lower hanger being larger than the hole in the upper hanger so that it will slide down the post to the bottom of the tray while the upper hanger will slide down the post until it rests on the shoulder 11, the

pyramidal top to the post facilitating easy engagement of post and hangers. As the squared holes fit the squared post the hangers a@ cannot shake around in the tray.

The coat hangers may be provided with folding hooks 16 which may be swung clear of the holes in the hanger clips and lie over 'the hanger proper.

'llo pack the clothing the tray is removed from the suit case and the flap 1 thrown back and the hangers removed. .4L coat is then hung on the lower hanger and the hole inthe voed over vthe post, the lower part sleeves. extending beyond 'the `front of the tray. The vest is next folded and laid on the coat Within the tray. The

second coat is then placed on the upper hanger and the hole in its clip is slipped over the post with the lower part. of the coat and sleeves extending beyond thefront of the tray. The vest is then folded and laid on the second coat within the tray. A pair of trousers is then folded and placed in the tray with the f seat portion therein and the legs extending beyond the end of the tray. The second pair `of trousers is next `folded and laid in the tray The flexible section 6 joining the Hap 5` and/back 2 accommodates the flap portion"to`- any thickness off clothing and allows the flap to hold the clothing stationary without shift; ing. If 'but one suit. is to be carried the opening 7 enables the post 1`0 to pass through the opening in the flap and flexible strip and allows the flap to lie flatly against the portions of the garments below it. y

- The steps 8 and 9 in the flap prevent the trousers sliding down tothe back ofthe tray and becoming wrinkled.

The tray is placed in the suit case with the i free edge of the flap adjacent the carrying handle'so that the clothing will hang over the edge of the flap and cannot slide around and wrinkle..y y

When the tray is unpacked the hook 16 is swung up, the vest and coat placed on the hanger lin the usual manner and the trousers hung over the trouser bar of the hanger after which the hanger and garments may be hung in the closet by the hook.

By this construction the clothing is packed a small compass and cannot slide lidi shake around in the tray and become wrin-- kled.

l. A tra for luggage comprising a bottom, a back an ends, a Aflap extending across said tray and stepped at its ends adjacent the back whereby slots are left between the .flap and tray ends, a flexible section connecting said flap and back and a post centrally located on the bottom of the tray adjacent the back thereof adapted to engage and retain a coat hanger.

2. Atray a back and ends, a ilap extending across said tray and stepped at its ends adjacent the back whereb slots are left between the flap and tray en s, a flexible section connecting said flap and back, and a post centrally located on the bottom of the tray adjacent the.

back thereof adapted to engage and retain a coat hanger, sald flap and flexible section being provided with a opening over said post.

3. A tray forluggage comprising a bot' tom, a back and ends, a flap extending across said tray and stepped at its ends adjacent the back whereb slots are left between the ap 'and tray en s, a flexible section connecting said Hap and tray back, a squared, stepped post centrally located on the bottom o the tray adjacent the back, coat hangers, clips thereon provided with squared o enings adapted to engage said post, said ap and flexible section being provided with an opening overfsaid post.

In testimony whereor` I have aiixed my signature.

WALLACE H. BRACKEN.

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